Aprile Rickert
Southern Indiana ReporterAprile is LPM's Southern Indiana reporter. Rickert comes to LPM from the News and Tribune in Southern Indiana, where she covered crime and courts as a senior reporter. A New Albany native, she spent nearly two decades in Louisville before recently moving back across the river to Jeffersonville.
Email Aprile at arickert@lpm.org.
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A grassroots community coalition that advocates substance use disorder solutions celebrates 10 years at an event in Jeffersonville Monday. -
Clark County is set to receive more than $82,000 for the county jail’s first weeks as an ICE holding facility. That number is expected to increase. -
The annual Southern Indiana Pride festival returns Saturday to downtown Jeffersonville. Organizers say the family friendly event is a chance to celebrate community and support one another. -
A Southern Indiana judge has denied a motion for default judgement in a case against the city of New Albany related to a low-head dam. But she started the clock on the city’s response to discovery. -
Misty Noel — who is married to former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel — pleaded guilty Wednesday to 10 felonies for theft and tax evasion. -
Silver Creek voters struck down a plan to raise taxes to pay for school improvements leaders say are needed to address capacity issues. -
It’s not a regular election year in Indiana, but some voters will decide whether to fund a $63 million referendum for capital improvements within the Silver Creek School Corporation.
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Indiana lawmakers passed a budget last week that cut funding to public radio and TV stations across the state, attempting to avoid a projected $2.4 billion shortfall. It comes as the federal government also wants to claw back funds for NPR and PBS — which help sustain local stations. -
A new Indiana property tax law threatens a recently approved fire territory in Clark County. The public can learn more about impacts at a meeting scheduled for May 5. -
A former Scott County sheriff with ties to Jamey Noel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of tax evasion. Investigators say he filed false tax returns over several years.
